Roofkunst

The Kandy cannon is a richly decorated cannon that was built by the Netherlands during a war in Sri Lanka. Although the cannon was taken under dubious circumstances, it was soon de...

The Luba mask was brutally stolen from the Congolese village of Lulu during the period of Belgian colonialism. The mask is currently in Belgium, something the residents of Lulu are...

In 1816, Lord Elgin demolished marble works of art from the Parthenon in Athens and housed them in the British Museum in London. They still reside here, much to the annoyance of th...

Since 1924, the breathtakingly beautiful bust of Queen Nefertiti, one of the most famous antiquities from Egypt, has been in the Neues Museum in Berlin. It is clear to the Egyptian...

The Banjarmasin diamond once belonged to the Sultan of Banjarmasin. After the sultan died in 1859, the city was forcibly taken over by Dutch troops and the diamond was taken to the...

In 1519, an army of Spanish conquistadors led by Hermán Cortés reached the shores of Mexico. Cortés was warmly welcomed by the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, who gave him a crown of fea...

In 1860, French and English troops destroyed the Summer Palace in Beijing. Many objects that were taken during the destruction of the palace are part of private art collections or...

In 2018, President Macron finally started the dialogue about looted art during a trip to Africa. His first initiative was to return a collection of 26 objects to Benin. Musée du Qu...